Iranian state TV has announced that a cargo ship "linked to Israel" has been seized by Islamic Republic forces in the Strait of Hormuz. News previously anticipated by Gulf media and an international maritime authority.
"A container ship entitled Mcs Aries was taken by maritime special forces" during "an operation conducted with a helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz", IRNA wrote. The Iranian news agency confirmed that the ship "flying the Portuguese flag and operated by the Zodiac company, which belongs to the Zionist capitalist Eyal Ofer", was "heading towards Iranian territorial waters".